With alicia menendez. Thank you so much reverend sharpton. Menendez hello everyone, im alicia menendez, coming and they are tonight with Breaking News L of maui, where the death toll has risen to 93. Sadly, officials fear that number will rise. These are now the deadliest wildfires in modern u. S. History. Heres hawaiis governor, josh greene, earlier today, on msnbc. If they need, they need our love. They need our embrace, and they need resources. Right now, we are still in the throes of the acute phase of this recovery. Meaning that we are still recovering the tragic loss of life, and the bodies that were, that were previously here in hawaii. Its a war zone. As the death toll rises, and rescue Recovery Efforts expand, theres also a growing push for accountability across hawaii, three law firms have already filed a Class Action Suit against the Electric Company on maui, claiming the wildfires could have been avoided if the Utility Company had turned off powerlines ahead of the wind sto
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze took hold in cox s bazar in the south east of the country. the fire has been brought under control and volunteers are estimating the damage. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in cramped camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier, rusikesh harichandan from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies had this assessment of the damage. the fire broke out today at around 3pm in the camp and it took almost two hours to be handled by the fire service agencies. the fire has brought massive damage, around 12,000 people affected. most of the services also have been damaged. camp ten, 11, and n
than 200 million people learned weather warnings with temperatures dropping to 45 celsius in some places. china continues to grapple with major covid 19 outbreaks following the lifting of restrictions in to bring questions about the governments official death tally. and george: who was part of england s 1966 world cup winning england s1966 world cup winning team has died aged 83. more and support later in the bulletin. we ll tell you what you need to know about travelling ahead of christmas day. clashes have erupted after a fatal shooting at a kurdish centre. three people were killed in the incident and three others injured. possible racist motive is being investigated and when angry demonstrators gathered in the tenth near the kurdish centre. some carrying banners and pushing towards a line of police, projectiles were thrown and right please respond with tear gas. the clashes began shortly after the interior minister spoke to the media at the scene. he said the 69 year old
interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea